ofRoosevelt'sfriendswrotetohimandadvisedhimnottotakeittohis 1 somuch.President
Rooseveltwrotebackimmediatelysaying"Dearfriendthankyouforyourletterto 2 me.I'mallright
now.IthinkIshouldthankGod.Thisisbecauseofthefollowingthreereasons:firstlythethiefonlystole
thingsfrommebutdidnot 3 meatall;secondlythethiefhasstolensomeofmythings 4 allmythings;
thirdlymostluckilyformeitwastheman 5 mewhobecameathief…"
Itwasquiteunluckyforanyonetobestolenfrom….HoweverPresidentRoosevelthadsuchthree
reasonstobeso 6 .Thisstorytellsushowwecanlearntobegratefulinourlife.
Beinggratefulisanimportantphilosophyoflifeandagreatwisdom….Itisimpossibleforanyoneto
beluckyandsuccessfulallthetime 7 helivesintheworld.Weshouldlearnhowtofacefailureor
misfortunebravelyand 8 andtotrytodealwithit.Ifsoshouldwecomplainaboutourlifeand
become 9 anddisappointedeversincethenorshouldwebegratefulforourlife 10 againourselves
afterafall?WilliamThackerayafamousBritishwritersaid"Lifeisamirror.Whenyousmileinfrontof
ititwillalsosmileand 11 willitwhenyoucrytoit."Ifyouaregratefultolifeitwillbringyoushining
sunlight.Ifyoualwayscomplainabouteverythingyoumayown 12 intheend.Whenwearesuccessfulwecan 13 havemanyreasonsforbeinggratefulbutwehaveonlyoneexcusetoshowungratefulness
ifwefail.
Ithinkweshouldevenbegratefultolife 14 weareunsuccessfulorunlucky.Onlybydoingthiscan
wefindourweaknessand